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Delivery Services: Driving Licences

Commons · Question 87899 · Tabled 4 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 11 Nov 2025

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Asked by Louie French

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with gig economy operators on (a) trends in the level of people (i) driving and (ii) delivering through their platforms without appropriate driving licences and (b) steps they are t

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Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 11 Nov 2025

The department has not had any discussions with gig economy operators about trends in the level of people working as delivery drivers through their platforms without appropriate driving licences, or steps being taken to prevent such practices. Drivers mus...